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A Time of War: The BattleTech RPG Standard & Limited Edition Print Books Now Available For Pre-Order

Itâ€™s been a long haul, but Catalyst is extremely excited to announce that A Time of War, the fifth core rulebook in the award-winning BattleTech line, is at the printers and will be on store shelves in time for Christmas (once we have a definitive Street Date, weâ€™ll post it).

The photo below shows the printer proofs for the entire body of the rulebook, along with the cover and endsheet. [Every book generates such proofs at the beginning of the printing process, which are carefully reviewed for any final errors, after which they are sent back to the printer; these proofs have been fully approved and A Time of War is into its full print cycle.]

While the delays on the printing of A Time of War have allowed Catalyst to tap the community in a Beta Test (and more) to continually improve this rulebook, the players have been patiently waiting for the print release of the first update to a BattleTech RPG in well over a decade. Catalyst would like to thank the community for their continued support and enthusiasm for one of the longest living games in the industry by also announcing a Limited Edition printing simultaneously with the standard print version.

The following additional material has been added to the Limited Edition version:

An all new, original short story by Michael Stackpole (the beginning of the original Red Corsair as Katrina Steiner, Morgan Kell and Arthur Luvon flee to the Periphery to safeguard Katrinaâ€™s life and begin plotting to put her on the throne of the Lyran Commonwealth) [Click here for a prefinal preview]

A double-sided poster map: one side displays the spine image found on the BattleTech Core Rulebooks, the other a cascade of faction logos and personalities from the universe. [Click here and here, respectively, for pre-final previews]

Cloth bookmark.

With both versions fully at the printer, pre-orders for these much anticipated books are now available.

As a further â€˜thank youâ€™ to the community weâ€™re offering a combination pre-order of both books at a substantial discount. Thank you for your never-ending enthusiasm for giant, metal titans storming across alien worlds for star-spanning empires!